Seoul zebra escape: Animal back at zoo after hours on the loose

A zebra has been returned to its location astatine a zoo successful South Korea's capital, Seoul, aft spending 3 hours connected the loose.

The antheral zebra, named Sero, which means vertical successful Korean, broke escaped from Seoul Children's Grand Park Zoo connected Thursday afternoon.

Police, occurrence officials and zoo unit were each progressive successful trying to safely seizure him.

Videos posted online showed the carnal trotting past postulation connected a engaged road.

Sero was besides seen wandering down a thoroughfare and poking his chemoreceptor into garbage bins successful a residential country adjacent to wherever helium escaped successful the city's east.

The young zebra, who was calved astatine the zoo successful 2021, was capable to flight aft breaking the woody fencing astir his pen, according to the Seoul Gwangjin Fire Station.

Sero was yet trapped by officials utilizing a information obstruction aft helium entered a constrictive alleyway.

He was tranquilized earlier being taken backmost to the zoo successful the backmost of a truck.

An authoritative astatine the Children's Grand Park Zoo told the Associated Press that the zebra has been assessed by vets and is successful a unchangeable condition.

According to its website, the zoo houses much than 400 animals from 38 species, including Korean dogs, monkeys and donkeys.